CHAPTER XXXI
Jiang Xuehe balded the Jiang family's cherry blossoms, but she couldn't make so many cherry blossom cakes at present, so she used the remaining cherry blossoms to make hundreds of bottles of cherry blossom brew. There are no cherry blossoms in Songyue County, and everyone doesn't know each other, but Xu Yirou trusted Jiang Xuehe, and saw that the bottles were beautiful, so he bought several bottles and left.
She bought it and thought it was good, and held a small banquet for a few sisters who were good friends with her to taste it together. Xu Yirou's little sisters are also girls from rich families, and they asked Xu Yirou to help buy some after they tasted it. This time and forth, Jiang Xuehe's hundreds of bottles of cherry blossom brew were sold out in less than half a month.
"Have you ever thought of opening a special shop to sell flower cakes and flower brews?" Xu Yirou asked, "If there is a shop, it will be convenient for us to buy things." Now, many sisters can't find a place to buy it. And if the price of these things is to be sold on the street, it is not easy to sell. β
Jiang Xuehe smiled: "I have this idea, but I can't start it for the time being, let's wait for next year." β
Xu Yirou said strangely: "Is the principal not enough?" β
"That's not it, to put it bluntly, there is still a shortage of raw materials, if I want to open a store, I should make more preparations." Jiang Xuehe said with a smile, "Just wait for Wulang to return to school next year, and now save more money, maybe I can move my family into the county seat when the time comes." β
When Xu Yirou heard this, she couldn't help but hold Jiang Xuehe's hand and smiled: "That's great, in that case, wouldn't it be much more convenient for me to come to you and play with Ah Xian?" β
Jiang Xuehe smiled: "I think so too. β
Xu Yirou smiled for a while and became distressed: "But now it's a long time before next year!" Can't you move to the prefecture in advance? I heard that Gu Wulang's body was recuperated by Dr. Zhang of the Rejuvenation Hall, wouldn't it be more convenient to move directly to the county? What's more, it's not very peaceful here......
Xu Yirou stretched out her hand and pointed to the west.
"It's because it's not too peaceful, so I have to watch more." Jiang Xuehe said, "Gorou finally got back the ownership of the East Courtyard, if he moves away now, those brazen people will definitely dare to take this house for themselves, and they must find a reason to send them away completely, and we can only leave when there are no worries." β
In the past, Gu Siyan actually didn't like to compete with those people in the West Courtyard, but later he knew that all the treasures hidden under the East Courtyard were the treasures left by the Gu family's ancestors, as well as the dowry of the Bai family, so he could only refuse an inch of land. Jiang Xuehe knew Gu Siyan's concerns, and she didn't dare to move out easily, for fear that if no one took care of this courtyard, it would be occupied by the people of the West Courtyard, and if they found something again, it would be troublesome.
Xu Yirou was worried when she heard this, she didn't understand Jiang Xuehe and Gu Siyan's concerns, she just felt that this Gu family was too disagreeable. Although her father did not take concubines, her two uncles and many little sisters all had concubines in their homes, and no matter how arrogant and favored these concubines were, it was impossible for them to climb on the head of the lady of the main room, let alone the housekeeper. However, Qiao's is just a cheap concubine who can do this, it can be seen that Master Gu is a foolish person, who harmed his son-in-law and daughter-in-law in vain, and also caused her favorite Xuehe and Ah Xian to not be able to play with her often.
Thinking of this, Xu Yirou sighed very melancholy.
Jiang Xuehe felt funny when she saw her like this: "What are you sighing again?" β
Xu Yiju said: "I'm thinking, I'm about to get married, and I don't know if I can still play like this after I get married, so I want to walk around with you more before I get married." β
Jiang Xuehe asked, "Is Sister Rou already married?" β
Xu Yirou is one year old when Jiang Xuehe is one year old, and she can indeed get married at this age, but she has never heard of Xu Yirou having a fiancΓ© before. If you only start to see each other now, then you will have to wait until next year to get married, right?
Xu Yirou sighed: "I just decided a few days ago that it was a merchant in Fucheng, and I will marry in September this year." β
"Don't seem happy to see you like this?"
"The Shi family is a big family in Fucheng, and this family business is high for our family, and I always feel that the future will not be easy." Xu Yirou's whole little face collapsed, "In my opinion, this marriage either finds someone who is right, or someone who is not as good as himself, so that you don't have to look at people's faces." I don't know what my dad thinks, he found someone who is so much better than my family, doesn't it make me uncomfortable? β
Jiang Xuehe had just recently cooperated with Shi Jiuniang, and she had a good impression of the Shi family, so she said: "Although the Shi family is a big family in the city, it may not be unreasonable, I heard that they have a Shi Jiuniang there, and the Shi family ...... him."
"Don't talk about Shi Jiuniang, there are more than 20 daughters of the Shi family, and there is only one Shi Jiuniang. What's more, I'm not as capable as Shi Jiuniang. Xu Yirou said helplessly.
"Twenty daughters?" Jiang Xuehe was stunned for a moment.
"That's not it, the Shi family is a big family, the five brothers have not been separated, their sons and daughters all live together, and they are lined up together." Xu Yijudo, "Shi Jiuniang, her father is the head of the Shi family, Shi Sanye, Shi Sanye has eight sons, just this one girl, naturally it hurts a lot." In addition, Shi Jiuniang is really capable, and she runs the restaurant very well, and the rest of the Shi family has nothing to say. Because Shi Sanye has eight sons, he is not a rare son, where can he still be a rare daughter-in-law? What's more, the seventh son of Shi who is married to me is still a concubine. β
"Seven sons?" Jiang Xuehe was stunned again.
"But it's not, the five masters of the Shi family, a total of more than 20 daughters, more than 30 sons, when I think of more than 30 concubines in the future, I have a big head!" Xu Yirou really covered her head as she spoke.
Jiang Xuehe looked at her very sympatheticly, thinking that the four concubines in the West Courtyard had already made her head bigger, if she really gathered more than 30 concubines, how would she live that day?
"But can the thirty sons still live in one place?" Jiang Xuehe said strangely, "No matter how rich the Shi family is, they can't build such a big yard, right?" β
Although the merchant can stuff money on some clockwork and relax it appropriately, it should not be too outrageous. If the Shi family's sons and daughters are now stuffed in one place, wouldn't the house have to be as big as a palace?
"The five masters are not separated, and the children have all moved to other villages when they become adults, and the heirs they value can continue to live with them. I originally thought that Shi Qigongzi was a concubine who was not favored, and he would be separated after getting married, and after Shi Sanye was a hundred years old, he might be lucky enough to get a small yard or one or two shops, so I could make do with it. But the question is, their heir can be changed at any time? β
Jiang Xuehe was curious: "How do you say this?" β
"The Shi family seems to have five people in each generation's ancestral home, and then they will pick out five people from their children and grandchildren to focus on. For example, in the previous generation, in the ancestral house are Shi Sanye, Shi Wuye, Shi Liuye, Shi Qiye, and Shi Jiuye. This generation, at first it was one, two, three, four, five, five, and five, and then it became one, three, five, six, eight, and now it has become one, five, six, and eighty, and it would be terrible if you could fight. Especially now that the Shi family has a total of more than 30 sons, who knows how long it will last? The big ones are cultivated and the small ones are good, and the big ones feel that they have worked hard for many years and are unwilling to be replaced, but the small ones are not convinced, if I wasn't born late, where would I get you? β
The more Xu Yirou thought about it, the more terrible she felt: "There is a saying in our business that harmony makes money, and these thirty or so sons are fighting for each other, can they still live in the future?" Besides, if the husband of the family wants to fight for the right of inheritance, can the wife be indifferent? Won't I have to intrigue with more than 30 concubines by then? How can I have that brain! β
Jiang Xuehe couldn't cry or laugh: "Why do you have to talk about yourself like this? β
"That's how it is, I'm not talking nonsense, I really don't have that brain!" The more Xu Yirou thought about it, the more sad she became, "I obviously told my mother, I don't really want to get married, if she has to marry me, then find a simple family, the fewer people the better, but my father found me the most populous household in the entire Hezhou City!" I suspect my dad doesn't want my daughter anymore! β
"They all say that they pity the hearts of parents all over the world, maybe Master Xu has his own considerations?" Jiang Xuehe thought for a while and said, "Although I haven't met Master Xu much, I must be a loving child looking at him, you may be able to talk to him and ask him what he thinks." β
"I asked, my father said that Shi Qigongzi is a talent, and he will definitely have a great future in the future!" Xu Yirou looked pained, "But is this a good thing for me?" Not at all! β
Jiang Xuehe became more sympathetic when she heard this, this father is looking for a son-in-law, of course he will find someone who is promising, thinking that only in this way can his baby daughter live a good life. A big family like the Shi family is not divided into descendants, as long as Shi Qigongzi is really capable, maybe he can really win a place in the ancestral house in the future?
However, Master Xu doesn't know his daughter very well, Xu Yirou just wants to live a peaceful life, she doesn't want her husband to be capable! If it is a single family and her husband is capable and motivated, Xu Yirou must be willing, but in an environment like the Shi family, Xu Yirou only wants peace. If she is not motivated, with the family background of the two families, she will not have a bad time, but once she is motivated, if the competition fails, then she may have nothing.
Jiang Xuehe thought for a while and asked, "That Seventh Master Shi, have you seen it?" β
Xu Yirou shook her head: "I haven't seen it yet, my mother said that Shi Qigongzi would come over in a few days, and I can take the opportunity to meet at that time." I want to have a small banquet on that day, and you and Ah Xian will come over to accompany me at that time, okay? β
Jiang Xuehe naturally would not refuse, and she was also very curious about what kind of person Shi Qigongzi was.
Although she and Xu Yirou have not known each other for a long time, Xu Yirou treats people sincerely and helps her and Gu Sixian a lot, she naturally hopes that Xu Yirou can live well.